Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (TV Special 1998)

Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970: Directed by Murray Lerner. With Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend. This is the film of The Who’s appearance at the third (and final) Isle of Wight festival in 1970. This is regarded as the band’s finest performance.

“I saw The Who when the 1982 version of their u0026quot;final touru0026quot; passed through Toronto. While enjoying them immensely, what most sticks in my mind the 20 years and more since is the visual of Roger Daltrey running on the spot a few times, suggesting more than a few ideas that must have been in mind at that time. Here, however, taken from 1970, is a singer and a band musically and visually connected to the music. I doubt that anything of that music and time would have inspired him to be running on the spot. As Huey Lewis would later note and i find it applicable here, judging by a performance like this it would be easy to say that u0026quot;the heart of rock and roll is still beating.u0026quot; An inspiring performance worth seeing.”